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- Wednesday, Dec. Her strategy entails constitutional change, which Wickremensinghe's UnitedNational Celebration opposes.

Lastly, with just a couple of days left to the flip of the calendar, everyone is watching for potentialY2K problems (even although, as Asiaweek reported in our Dec. Wickremensinghe has offeredimmediate talks with the rebels, ought to he be elected. 15, 1999

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- Monday, Dec. The reply: "We can observe what occurs [at midnight] in Western Samoa, NewZealand and Australia and nonetheless have six hours to make plans."

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Nearly definitely. That's simply because James Soong, the KMT renegade running as anindependent, lost his frontrunner status when allegations surfaced that he as soon asmisappropriated ruling party funds. China has let it be recognized that it can reside with anyone butChen.

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The second question: Will the election make a distinction? In creating their choice, the Sri Lankanelectorate will be hoping for an end to terror. 13, 1999

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- Tuesday, Dec. The Chinese government and people are confident and capable of an earlysettlement of the Taiwan question and the total national reunification." How early a settlement -- andwhat kind -- will be largely determined by Taiwan's subsequent elected president. But as lastSaturday showed, the likelihood of real peace appears as vestidos de comunion far away as ever.Kumaratunga, who promised peace throughout her victorious presidential campaign in 1994, isholding to her prior program of devolving energy to the north and east, where most of the Tamilslive. The second killed 11 people at an opposition rally outdoors the capital. Hong Kong time, five:00a.m. 9, 1999

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- Monday, Dec. 1 blast, an try to assassinate President Chandrika Kumaratunga, killed 22 andinjured the president throughout her final Colombo rally prior to Tuesday's poll. As President JiangZemin stated in the Sunday ceremony marking the return of Macau to China, "The implementationof the concept of 'one country, two systems' in Hong Kong and Macau has played and will continueto play an important exemplary function for our eventual settlement of the Taiwan query. Â

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The terrorist bombings that racked Sri Lanka Saturday in the final days of the presidential electioncampaign drew attention, as although any were required, to the most critical issue facing thatnation: ending the 16-year-old civil war being waged in between government forces and theseparatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. The only possible cloud: Rumor of a Falungong protest

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- Monday, Dec. Here is one story now creating the Web rounds: PLN, Indonesia's national electricalenergy board, was recently asked by an Indonesian newspaper about its Y2K preparedness. 24 issue,they are most likely to be minor). EDT

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The first query: How will the bombings affect the presidential race? Both main candidates, Mrs.Meanwhile, Chen Sui-bian, the Taiwan-born former mayor of Taipei, seems to be choosing upassistance with his strong pro-independence line and Lien Chan, the vice-president and protégéof President Lee Teng-hui, is attempting to counter his rather imperious image with a new campaignmanager and a more forceful message. Both blasts were attributed to suicide bombers associatedwith the Tamil Tigers.

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Another presidential race with long-term consequences is the March poll in Taiwan. Kumaratungaand opposition candidate Ranil Wickremensinghe, have each pledged to bring an end to the violencethat has taken 60,000 lives. Already the race is intense, expensive, dirty -- and tight